The Human Rights Measurement Initiative finds that Equatorial Guinea is fulfilling 43.5% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Equatorial Guinea achieves 64.4% of what is expected based on its current income. In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 58.8% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. Equatorial Guinea falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 7.3% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.

Health status

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, and pediatrics are major health concerns in Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea has three doctors per 10,000 people.

Life expectancy

The 2018 CIA estimated average life expectancy in Equatorial Guinea for males was 63.8 years and 66.2 years for females for a total population life expectancy of 65 years.

HIV/AIDS

The HIV/AIDS prevalence was 6.50 per 100 adults in 2017. As of 2017, there were approximately 53,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in the country. There were an estimated 1,800 deaths from AIDS in 2018.

Maternal and child healthcare

There has been a marked improvement in infant mortality over the past 15 years. In 2018, the

infant mortality rate Infant mortality is the death of young children under the age of 1. This death toll is measured by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the probability of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births. The under-five morta ...

was 63.3 per 1,000 live births. The

maternal mortality rate Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined in slightly different ways by several different health organizations. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines maternal death as the death of a pregnant mother due to complications related to p ...

in 2015 was 342 deaths per 100,000 live births.

Hospitals

There are 47 medical facilities in Equatorial Guinea, including seven regional hospitals, eleven district hospitals, and 29 health centre.

References

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